Maureen Lyons

Research Manager

BSocSc (NUI); MSocSc(NUI); PhD (QUB); DipStatistics (Dubl) Research Manager (UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice)

Dr Maureen Lyons is a sociologist who has held
the position of Research Manager at the UCD School of Social Policy, Social
Work and Social Justice since 2015 and the UCD School of Social Justice since
2005. Over the last 17 years this role has involved working with and supporting
academics and researchers within the two UCD Schools in the development of high
quality funded research proposals, inputting into proposal development, liaising
with relevant staff across all UCD Schools and Colleges to promote joint collaboration
on multidisciplinary research bids and supporting staff in all aspects of
project management, reporting and research dissemination post-award.

She previously worked as Head of
Research at the Homeless Agency (Dublin City Council) where she managed a programme of Irish
policy driven research related to homelessness as well as undertaking research
as part of EU projects on homelessness. Her earlier experience of
policy-related research was gained while employed as a research assistant at
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Policy Research Centre
(NCIR, Dublin) and Social Research Centre (University of Limerick). She is a
graduate of UCD (B. Soc. Sc. & M. Soc. Sc.), TCD (Postgraduate Diploma
Statistics) and Queen¿s University, Belfast where she completed her doctorate in
Sociology.

Having
worked as a researcher in UCD in the earlier part of her career, her research
includes a study of
religious education in Irish primary schools (Religious Education in a Multicultural Europe: Children, Parents and
Schools, 2013) and a study of affective equality (Affective Equality: Who Cares? 2009). As Principal Investigator her research includes statistical
data projects for the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland and COSC (Dept. of Justice &
Equality. She is the co-author of Inside
Classrooms: the teaching and learning of Mathematics in social context
(2003), Getting out of the House: women
returning to employment, education and training (2002) and Marital Breakdown and Family Law in Ireland
(1995).

Research Interests

Equality issues relating to education; care; the labour market particularly focusing on women; family law including domestic and sexual violence. Research Design and Implementation including quantitative, qualitative, particatory and emancipatory research methodologies

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Latest Publication

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Evaluating the Antibacterial Properties of Polyacetylene and Glucosinolate Compounds with Further Idenitfication of their Presence within Various Carrot (Daucus carota) and Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) Cultivars using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with a Diode Array Detector and Ultra High-Performance Liquid Chromatorgraphy-Mass Spectrometry Analyses
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